Trousers pocket



May 13 1924.

C. DIORIO TROUSERS POCKET Filed April 11 A TTOR/VEVS.

Patented May 13, 1924.

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1,494,067 P TENT. OFFICE; 1 j

Application filed Aprii 11, 1923. SerialNo. cameo.

To aZZ whom it vim-y concern.

Be it known that I, OHERUBINO Dronro,

a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forniing part of this specification.

My invention relates to trousers pockets of a nature which will most con'x' eniently carry articles of various kinds therein, and which will prevent articles which might fall out, when the wearer bends over or re clines, from doing so. I I l I amaware that a number of different methods of, forming. trousers pockets have been advanced which will prevent coins from falling out of them, but so far as I am. advised, these devices have failed to become of practical use. The reason for this has been that the device for holding articles from falling out of the pocket also makes it difficult to get the hand. in the pocket when it is desired to gain access to it. Also in most cases some additional pieces of fabric are stitched into the pocket, making it bulky and uncomfortable, which additional pieces have the further disadvantage of not op erating with any degree of assurance.

It is my object to rovide a device for the above purpose which is simple to construct and simple in operation, and which does not interfere with the use of the pocket in the usual manner. In connection with my device I provide a pocket which will hold articles away from the front of the leg, or at least strongly tend to do so, when the wearer sits down, and a pocket in which extra strength is given for support to the pocket, thereby extending the life thereof and preventing a sagging of the garment.

These various objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a trouser leg with my novel pocket dotted in.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the pocket itself, separate from the trouser leg.

It Will be understood briefly that the usual method of forming and mounting a pocket in the trousers is used by me. This consists in forming a bag of fabric, which is open at the upper right hand or left hand corner. A hole left by omitting part of the side seam of the trouser leg, and the fabric of the trouser leg, left as afiange about the hole serves as a mounting member for the pocket, which is stitched to this flange. Ordinarily the hole in the pocket is faced by pieces of fabric of the same character as the trouser, which piecesare united with the pocket to the so-called flange, and stitched :to the pocket fabric alongseveral'lines, as desired.

In Figure 2 I have shown the pocket by itself, and formed of two pieces of fabric 1, cut to form a bag when stitched together around the edges. I form this sothat there is an unstitched portion between the points 2 and 3, and so that below the point 3 thepieces form a flaring portion 4.

The two facing pieces 5 and '6 are united with the pocket fabric pieces ashfollows: The piece 5 which is to be on the inside wall f the completed pocket is stitched to the edge 7 of the pocket hole and along the line 8 (Figure 2). The piece 6 is stitched to the other edge 9 of the pocket hole, the fabric 1 being turned under so that the line of stitching 10, whereby this is accomplished, will be staggered inwardly, as shown in Figure 2, from the stitches 8.

The facing 5 is also stitched along the line 11 to the pocket wall, and the facing piece 6 is stitched along the line 12, thereby holding both facing pieces fast to the pocket.

When mounting the pocket in the trouser, the portion of the pocket from the line of stitches 8 to the line 11 or approximately this. is permitted to extend rearwardly of the mouth formed by omitting a portion of the trouser leg seam. This is shown clearly in Figure 1 where the stitches for uniting facing pieces and the pocket fabric have not been shown. The seam for uniting the facing 5 at 11 may coincide with the seam 13, whereby the pocket is secured at the rear of the trouser pocket mouth.

The seam 1 f unites the pocketwith the trouser mouth at its forward portion, leaving the flaring portion 4: extending Well to the rear of the side seam of the trouser leg, and a diagonal. seam is used, as at 15, for stitching the pocket at both sides of the side leg seam to the trouser fabric.

In the forming of the pocket a curved or downwardly slanting seam16 is formed, the thread extending through both sides of the pocket and the two facing pieces, there by providing a block against any object locatedin the flaring portion of the pocket, so far as falling directly to the pocket mouth is concerned.

While other methods of stitching in and forming the pocket might be devised to gain the same end, it will be evident that I have described one set of instrumentalities where by a pocket is mounted in a trouser, so that just below the lower end of the pocket mouth in the trouser is a flaring portion of pouchlike nature which lies wholly or substantially wholly to the rear of the trouser from the side seam.

Objects, such as at 17, when in the pocket, will gravitate to the position shown in Figure 1, and when the wearer reclines or leans over, will assemble in the rearward pouchlike portion.

When the wearer sits down, the objects will fall to this position, thereby preventing them from bulking up against the wearers leg. The weight being thrown to both sides of the leg seam of the trouser when the wearer is erect, the cross stitches at the base of the pocket mouth will directly support the weight, thereby giving additional strength. Also the facing pieces being united with the pocket fabric on the long curved seam forming the upper wall of the protective pouch give additional strength to support the objects in the pocket.

Of prime importance, however, is the fact that the wearer can thrust his hand into the pocket without interference of any seam to block the insertion of his hand, and there are no flaps to be caught and pulled back as in some styles of protective pockets.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A trousers pocket construction comprising fabric formed into an innerwall and an outer wall, the inner wall extending be yond the outer wall, in the portions above the pocket mouth, and the outer wall eX- tending below the mouth to a line flush with the inner wall, a seam connecting the inner and outer walls at this extending point, forming a pocket within the pocket to catch objects tending to fall out of the pocket vertically thereof, and the inner and outer walls secured together, from the point below the pocket mouth and downwardly, whereby the pocket within the pocket is supported without additional means by the complete structure, as and for the purpose described.

CHERUBINO DIORIO. 

